Scrap metal arrest made

Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 10:31 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 10:31 a.m.

Two Houma scrap yard employees and a third man are accused of stealing about 500,000 pounds of metal from their scrap yard and selling it to another, for about $55,000 in profits, since mid-December, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies got complaints last week that people were stealing from Larose Scrap Yard in east Houma, and detectives found a dump truck with 3,000 pounds of stolen scrap metal from the yard on Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Office said. Ronald Macalusa Jr., 39, 586 Crochetville Road, Montegut, owns the dump truck, and deputies arrested him and charged him with felony theft.

Shane Foster, 34, and Jason Cartwright, 47, of Houma, were the Larose Scrap Yard employees who are also accused of the theft, deputies said. They were also arrested Tuesday and charged with the same crime.

All three are in the Terrebonne Parish jail awaiting a bond hearing, the Sheriff’s Office said.

<p>Two Houma scrap yard employees and a third man are accused of stealing about 500,000 pounds of metal from their scrap yard and selling it to another, for about $55,000 in profits, since mid-December, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office said.</p><p>Deputies got complaints last week that people were stealing from Larose Scrap Yard in east Houma, and detectives found a dump truck with 3,000 pounds of stolen scrap metal from the yard on Tuesday, the Sheriff's Office said. Ronald Macalusa Jr., 39, 586 Crochetville Road, Montegut, owns the dump truck, and deputies arrested him and charged him with felony theft.</p><p>Shane Foster, 34, and Jason Cartwright, 47, of Houma, were the Larose Scrap Yard employees who are also accused of the theft, deputies said. They were also arrested Tuesday and charged with the same crime.</p><p>All three are in the Terrebonne Parish jail awaiting a bond hearing, the Sheriff's Office said.</p>